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Today was two appointments and a lot of walking. I feel like I got very little done. I still haven’t finished the paperwork, and at least one thing that’s due this week is still only in bus pass condition.

For Ingress, I’m getting closer to the badges I need. I need one to make 12th level. Then, all I need for 13th is a single additional gold badge. I have the necessary points already.

As far as PT, I really wish that I could see this woman once every month or every three or six months. It would help with management and mitigation. These aren’t fixable problems. It’s just that me on my own means I don’t have a way to tell when things slowly change for the worse. It’s the boiling frog thing. It’s also hard to tell which gradual changes are just normal aging. I realized today that the hand issue is more about that bone not being anchored at the bottom than about joint pain. When I’m not careful, the bone tries to go away from whatever presses on that part of my hand. This doesn’t affect movements that only need the knuckle joints of the thumb. I’m pretty sure that surgery is going to be my only hope for improvement.

Yesterday I made myself cry by removing pillowcases for washing. I had to ask Cordelia to put the clean ones on.

Date: 2019-07-09 12:00 pm (UTC)
lunabee34: (Default)
From: [personal profile] lunabee34
*hugs*

Date: 2019-07-09 12:30 pm (UTC)
oracne: turtle (Default)
From: [personal profile] oracne
Ouch ouch ouch. I am so sorry.

Date: 2019-07-09 01:40 pm (UTC)
evalerie: Valerie (Default)
From: [personal profile] evalerie
Big big big big hugs!!!!

(What does the expression "bus pass condition" mean? I am not familiar with it, and Googling didn't give me any clues.)

Date: 2019-07-09 03:37 pm (UTC)
evalerie: Valerie (Default)
From: [personal profile] evalerie
I grew up in NYC, where for years I had a "bus pass" to get me onto the city bus to go to and from school. So my mind kept trying to connect that to "bus pass condition" and it wasn't making sense.

Thanks for explaining!

Date: 2019-07-09 05:38 pm (UTC)
untonuggan: Lily and Chance squished in a cat pile-up on top of a cat tree (buff tabby, black cat with red collar) (Default)
From: [personal profile] untonuggan
ouch (re hands). lmk if you want advices re: unstable joints, i have plenty of them.

Date: 2019-07-10 07:10 pm (UTC)
untonuggan: Lily and Chance squished in a cat pile-up on top of a cat tree (buff tabby, black cat with red collar) (Default)
From: [personal profile] untonuggan
the issue i ran into is that i'm overtight in certain muscles (like the ones stabilizing the bones/joints), and other complementary muscles are weak. so my advice is IF YOU CAN do some PT or stuff at home to 1) gradually release the tight muscles that are doing all the work; 2) strengthen the complementary muscles. this website has some useful guidelines on types of "bad posture" and ways to fix each one. that might be a place to start if you are unable to do PT or find a good PT.

i've also found orthotics and good chairs/seats are immensely helpful in my overall structural issues.

Date: 2019-07-10 06:31 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] wendelah1
You say you had two doctor appointments and you walked? That sounds like a lot to me.

Your hand pain has such a different cause that I have no useful suggestions. Except--when I cleaned houses for extra money, one of the things I did routinely was change the bed linens. Could your cleaner do that if you asked? It's worth a thought.

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